Wow, I wasn't aware that anyone had covered that. It's surprisingly listenable. Interesting.

It's been covered a great many times....for example.


U2 throughout their Joshua Tree Tour.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=z3lLxXwV0n8



Led Zeppelin by way of the Peanuts.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=p0Tdl2tH3H0


Elvis w/ some changes to the lyrics for his film Viva Las Vegas.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E0t9wYJIQs


Then there is the smash-up version with Snoop Dog.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Ykwu0ifiQ


The Stones, Doors, Humble Pie, Sex Pistols, and Iggy Pop are among others who also covered it.


P.S. Eddie was paid $82.50 for the three-hour session.

Damn, I had no idea.

That U2 version is absolutely horrifying....

I dig pretty much all of the artists mentioned so far..

But I have to throw the Everly Brothers and Rick Nelson into the mix.

If you want horrifying covers....The Brady Bunch covering American Pie. It has to be heard once in a lifetime, however, it still better than Madonna's version.

For bad covers, you can't beat this one:



They were the winners of this competition: Clicky.

It's all about Mana! They're super old and still rockin out!

Recently discovered Vince Taylor. I can only find the 'Barclay Sessions' wich is a pitty, cos both cd's have bad versions of cochran/vincent/berry/presley songs on it.
The guy isn't that much of a big deal, for a matter of fact, he's just a Gene Vincent copycat, but he did wrote one of my favorite songs: Brand New Cadillac (got famous with the clash-version). Does anybody know wich record contains more of his own material? Did he have more own material?

i actually like their version of 'space oddity' as much as bowie's original.